A year ago we collectively looked at South Carolina’s roster and thought it was going to be a bit of a bumpy start to the Lamont Paris era in Columbia East. And I’m not going to take undue credit since that prognostication was widely shared by many.
We, and many others, weren’t wrong. South Carolina had the dubious claim to being the worst team in the SEC by KenPom (and any other ratings system, to be fair). They did win 4 SEC games, which landed them 12th, but none of the wins — outside of a shocking win at Kentucky — were over teams inside the top 100 in KenPom.